Cutting the cable, lets talk options and media setups

I'm not technically savvy enough to answer your question, but my common sense tells me that I want the strongest antenna possible and then work from there.

I personally bought an outdoor antenna and mounted it in the attic space.
I then used the 8 output splitter DirecTv supplied and feed all of my TV's with that one antenna.


That's exactly what I was thinking but given the distance I am from Mobile towers and NOLA towers, I don't want to go through the expense and hassle of mounting an outdoor antenna and running coax if an indoor antenna will give me the same results of four channels. I'm curious if anyone is able to pick up stations listed as having a weak signal by using an outdoor antenna.